From popcorn perfection to animation experimentation, foreign finesse and good old Hollywood hokum, 2012 delivered the shiny cinematic goods and then some. Here are our choices for the titles that took on the challenge, and won.

It seems that those who do not like what Buffy creator Joss Whedon and Cloverfield's Drew Goddard have created in The Cabin in the Woods have spent the better part of the last two days filling their reviews with massive (and in some cases, major) spoilers.